The starting point to determine the winner of the Football World Cup has to be to look at some combination of rankings, past form, players and market odds. We (at Deutsche Bank) employ a quantitative approach using these inputs to spit out a first cut of likely winners.
Recently, the discourse about Asian security has been permeated with a somewhat gloomy outlook. Some people have expressed concerns about the growing dichotomy between heated economic exchanges and cooling political ties. Others worry about the "trust deficit" in the region.
On May 28, the US House of Representatives chose to debate a resolution expressing its concern over the issue of "human rights" in China. This makes it appropriate to make a comparison of the real records of the US and China on human rights.
A STRONGER SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND urgency is badly needed for Chinese policymakers to achieve this year's economic growth target as the downward pressure will likely remain heavy for the rest of the year.
The Chinese central government on Tuesday published a White Paper detailing the practice of the "One Country, Two Systems" policy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The Western media is again full of articles claiming a "China threat". This time the articles uncritically cite a Pentagon report that says China is engaged in "unprecedented" military development and is under-reporting the size of its military budget.
The May 28 tragedy in Zhaoyuan, Shandong province, in which six "Church of the Almighty God" followers beat a woman to death, has highlighted the harmful consequences of destructive cults in China and prompted the Ministry of Public Security to announce a crackdown on cults.
Editor's note: The Foreign Ministry released documents making clear Vietnam's provocation and China's stance regarding the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea on Sunday. Following is the full text:
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